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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9017, 3 December 1907, Page 2

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WOOL SALES. Per Press Association.—Copyright. Received Doc 3, 10.85 a. in. Loudon, December 2. At tho wool sales there was increased competition and prices for ■ all descriptions were fully niainItained. NAPIER WOOL SALES. Per Press Association. Napier, December 3. The first wool sale of tho season opened this morning before a large and representative attendance. The catalogue comprised* ?933J<j bales as against 7148 at last year's opening sale. The air of buoyancy, however, then apparent, was to-day missing. Bidding kept within d'oflned 'limits and in the majority of instances failed to reach sellers' ideas of values and a large proportion was passed in. Some of the best crossbred wool, for which last year Is and 18d, was offered showed a drop of 3d. Buyers, too, complained that the wool, as a whole, had deteriorated and that the staple was not so well grown nor so good in character as last year.